
The currency of India’s boisterous news channels will soon be back in circulation. The Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TRP ratings for the news genre, suspended since October 2020, are expected to resume after an order last week by the ministry of information and broadcasting.
The resumption has revived an old rivalry. Two groups of competing news broadcasters – the News Broadcasters Federation and the News Broadcasters & Digital Association – have again found something to disagree on: when should the ratings resume?